For sale: Congo

Lots of folks shooting for the stars lately

#5 3 years ago

TWP

rollitover

Pinside member

South St Paul, MN

10y 76,550 2,070 5 19

Quoted from woody76:
Lots of folks shooting for the stars lately

Yep, for sure woody.
From 4k to 6 in one year.

#6 3 years ago

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3pinballs

Pinside member

Bloomfield Hills, MI

11y 56,050 1,354 23

I have a condo and if I have a powder coat I would do it exactly like that green and that looks great

#7 3 years ago

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mollyspub

Pinside member

Cheektavegas, NY

10y 128K 3,411 7

Your gonna powder coat your condo? Now that I gotta see!

#8 3 years ago

BUD

Bud

Pinside member

Indianapolis, IN

8y 97,600 1,708 7

Quoted from mollyspub:
Your gonna powder coat your condo? Now that I gotta see!

Condos are up too this year, powder coated might bring in the just right buyer

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#9 3 years ago

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mollyspub

Pinside member

Cheektavegas, NY

10y 128K 3,411 7

Quoted from Bud:
Condos are up too this year, powder coated might bring in the just right buyer[quoted image]

#10 3 years ago

JAM

NPO

Pinside member

12y 133K 7,652 3 17

Quoted from woody76:
Lots of folks shooting for the stars lately

Can you blame them? Look at the asinine prices people are paying for games sight unseen. Dude, LZLE is nearly under $1K shy of $10K NIB. That used to be a "by Christmas" joke, now it's nearly a "bend over and spread em' and pay it" fact.

As long as the NIB market goes up, so does the used market. Don't like it? STOP buying NIB games.

But this community won't. It can't. Pinball is on par with air conditioning in Florida during the summer to some here.

That's a reality check that some people's mental and emotional banks won't be able to cash.

#11 3 years ago

REW

woody76

Quoted from NPO:
Can you blame them? Look at the asinine prices people are paying for games sight unseen. Dude, LZLE is nearly under $1K shy of $10K NIB. That used to be a "by Christmas" joke, now it's nearly a "bend over and spread em' and pay it" fact.
As long as the NIB market goes up, so does the used market. Don't like it? STOP buying NIB games.
But this community won't. It can't. Pinball is on par with air conditioning in Florida during the summer to some here.
That's a reality check that some people's mental and emotional banks won't be able to cash.

I thought it was getting crazy 2 years ago, but this pricing lately is absolutely INSANE. I refuse to pay these prices, so i guess I will only score good deals moving forward which are few and far between. the only reason I got a NIB JP Premium was because it was $6800 and I happened to have a friend in the area who could pick it up for cheap.

10 months later

#12 2 years ago

REW

woody76

you might want to show the other side of the cabinet at this price

#13 2 years ago

SGR

steve-o

Pinside member

14y 98,650 664

Love the powdercoating choices. Looks fantastic and such a fun game.

#14 2 years ago

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ccbiggsoo7

Pinside+ Frequent

10y 91,050 6,063 37 10 2

Quoted from rollitover:
Yep, for sure woody.
From 4k to 6 in one year.

maybe not 6500 game but hasn't been a 4 k game in 2 yrs

#15 2 years ago

DGV

The_Pump_House

I paid $6500 for a congo a couple months ago so the price looks inline to me...

#16 2 years ago

REW

woody76

Quoted from The_Pump_House:
I paid $6500 for a congo a couple months ago so the price looks inline to me...

you are just a baby in this world

#17 2 years ago

REW

woody76

Quoted from ccbiggsoo7:
maybe not 6500 game but hasn't been a 4 k game in 2 yrs

it should still be, fun but lets be honest. It's $3-4K pin all day long game play wise.

#18 2 years ago

DGV

The_Pump_House

Quoted from woody76:
you are just a baby in this world

Looking at the listing history here says it's not far out of line either. Of course pinside made fun of me up till the moment my Apollo 13 sold for it's list price of $6400...

#19 2 years ago

JAE

isJ

Pinside member

Minneapolis, MN

10y 83,050 1,624 3 12

Quoted from woody76:
it should still be, fun but lets be honest. It's $3-4K pin all day long game play wise.

What is the equation to determine this?

#20 2 years ago

DMS

Elevatorman

Premier Pinball Stl

St. Louis, MO

10y 116K 1,860 71 171

I had multiple offers from several people for my Congo at 6500 in the last year and a half so I finally sold it to make room for something else. It was pretty minty.

#21 2 years ago

DGV

The_Pump_House

Quoted from Elevatorman:
I had multiple offers from several people for my Congo at 6500 in the last year and a half so I finally sold it to make room for something else. It was pretty minty.

6500 is where minty Congo’s are at right now. I didn’t even go to buy the Congo. I went for a good price I500 and he mentioned the Congo while I was there.

I had been watching Congo’s for months

#22 2 years ago

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CrazyLevi

Crazy Levi's Pinball

New York, NY

10y 148K 33,503

Quoted from The_Pump_House:
Looking at the listing history here says it's not far out of line either. Of course pinside made fun of me up till the moment my Apollo 13 sold for it's list price of $6400...

That’s impossible.

It’s a $2500 game!!!!!!!!!

#23 2 years ago

DGV

The_Pump_House

Quoted from CrazyLevi:
That’s impossible.
It’s a $2500 game!!!!!!!!!

$3500 by Christmas!

1 week later

#24 2 years ago

REW

woody76

Quoted from isJ:
What is the equation to determine this?

Press the start button and start playing

#25 2 years ago

REW

woody76